Wildlife Quiz Sam Flashcards
American Black Bear
Diet: scavenger; just about anything
Habitat: large undisturbed forest areas
Fact: bear cubs are blind and helpless at birth, can climb trees
Little Brown Bat
Diet: soft insects
Habitat: near caves
Other info: hibernates during winter, live birth, can suffer from white nose disease
American beaver
Diet: bark of trees and roots of aquatic plants
Habitat: near slow-flowing brooks or streams; make their own swamp with dam
Fact: females are larger than males
Eastern Chipmunk
Diet: berries seeds nuts (trail mix)
Habitat: shrubs at edges of forests
Fact: can spend most of its life underground
Bobcat
Diet: meat, rabbits, rodents birds
Habitat: forests and brushy desert environments
Fact: females are the boss and are very territorial; can climb trees
Coyote
Diet: Small animals, lambs, calves
Habitat: abandoned ag areas, near humans, like open space
Fact: mate for life, hunt alone or in packs; dig burrows for young
White-tailed deer
Diet: herbivore: twigs fruit corn
Habitat: meadows fields forests
Fact: wags tail when it senses danger, underside is white
Fisher
Diet:birds, mammals
Habitat: dense woods
Fact: doesn’t hunt or eat fish, tree dweller, member of the weasel family.
Fisher
Diet: carnivore, birds, mammals
Habitat: dense woods
Fact: doesn’t hunt or eat fish, tree dweller, member of the weasel family.
Mink
Diet: birds small mammals crayfish frogs
Habitat:dens or mink farms; rivers and streams
Fact: blind and helpless at birth, stay in dens for several weeks; weasel
Moose
Diet: bud twigs leaves aquatic plants
Habitat: forests, wetlands
Interesting fact: name from algonquins-eater of twigs; 40-50 lbs food daily; 1500 lbs
Red fox
Diet: omnivore, rodents, birds
Habitat: hollow logs, rock piles, underground burrows
Fact: males- dogs females- vixens 8-15 lbs; dig burrows for young; hears low frequency sounds best
Muskrat
Diet: small aquatic animals& vegetation
Habitat: self made lodges near water
Are mainly nocturnal
Opossum
Diet: small animals and vegetation
Habitat: wooded areas near water
One toe acts as opposable thumb, protects young in pouch
Porcupine
Diet: herbaceous plants, flowers berries grasses
Habitat; hevily wooded areas; in trees
Fact: has hallow QUILLS with a barb at the end
River otter
Diet: carnivore, fish turtles crayfish
Habitat: burrow close to edge of river lake or swamp
Weigh between 11 & 31 lbs weasel
Eastern Cotton tail rabbit
Diet: greens herbaceous plants
Habitat: open spaces, meadows fields
Fact: 15% of offspring survive babies called kits
Striped skunk
Diet: small mammals, fruits, vegetation, insects
Habitat: in dens no further than 1/2 mile from water
Fact: can live up to 10 yrs domestically, in the wild, up to three
Striped skunk
Diet: omnivore, small mammals, fruits, vegetation, insects
Habitat: in dens no further than 1/2 mile from water
Fact: can live up to 10 yrs domestically, in the wild, up to three, its spray can blind someone
Red squirrel
Diet: mast, berries mushrooms field crops
Habitat: beneath roots of evergreen trees
Fact: chatters at animals that invade territory until animal leaves
Gray squirrel
Diet: variety of mast (hard food) berries, mushrooms, field crops
Habitat: near trees that lose their leaves (hardwood)
Fact: 1,000 squirrels swam across ct river, migration, poof up tail when scared
Meadow vole
Diet: grasses leaves flowers fruit
Habitat: moist dense grasslands high soil moisture underground
Fact: no outer ear(pinneae)
Groundhog
Diet: herbivore : clover wheat flowers
Habitat: underground burrows
Size of cat w/ shorter legs
Groundhog
Diet: herbivore : clover wheat flowers
Habitat: underground burrows
Size of cat w/ shorter legs, disinterested of its shadow
